Toshiba RD-XS24SB owner manual Marks on DVD video discs, Structure of disc contents

Marks on DVD video discs

The following are examples of marks and the meanings.

Mark	Meanings
2	Number of audio streams
	recorded in the disc.
	(2 streams such as English and
	Japanese in this example.)
	Number of subtitle languages

2recorded in the disc.

(2 subtitle languages are recorded in this example.)

Number of camera angles

3recorded in the disc.

(3 camera angles are recorded in this example.)

4 : 3			Pictures are recorded in the
			standard picture shape
			(4:3 aspect ratio).
			Pictures are recorded in the letter
	L B
			box picture shape (4:3 aspect
			ratio with horizontal black bars in
			the top and bottom of pictures).
			Pictures are recorded in the 16:9
1 6 : 9		L B
			wide picture shape.
			TVs with 4:3 aspect ratio will
			display them in the letter box
			style.
			Pictures are recorded in the 16:9
1 6 : 9		P S
			wide picture shape.
			TVs with 4:3 aspect ratio will
			display them in the pan scan style
			(one or both sides of pictures
			are cut).
			Actual picture shape may vary
			depending on the aspect ratio or
			mode selection of the TV.

Structure of disc contents

Normally, DVD video discs are divided into titles, and the titles are subdivided into chapters.

VIDEO CDs/audio CDs are divided into tracks.

DVD video disc

Title 1 Title 2

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3

VIDEO CD / audio CD

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5

Title: Divided contents of a DVD video disc. Roughly corresponds to a story title in short stories.

Chapter: Divided contents of a title. This corresponds to a chapter in a story.

Track: Divided contents of a VIDEO CD or an audio CD.

Each title, chapter, or track is assigned a number, which is called “title number”, “chapter number”, or “track number” respectively.

Some discs may not have these numbers.

When you record on the HDD or a DVD-RAM disc, one recording will always equal one title. You can divide a title into several chapters by marking borders in it to facilitate scene search.

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